Remote work

Remote work is a work arrangement in which employees perform their jobs away from their employer’s usual workplace, often using digital communication tools.

Telecommuting: An arrangement in which employees work away from a central workplace while staying connected through telecommunications. This closely related arrangement emphasizes the communication technology that makes distant work possible.
Work from home: Paid work performed from an employee’s home rather than the employer’s usual workplace. Home is the most familiar alternative location for remote employees.
Work–life balance: The relationship between demands and time devoted to paid work and personal life. Remote work can blur or ease the boundary between work and home life.
Office work: Work performed at an employer’s designated office or other central workplace. It is the conventional location-based arrangement that remote work departs from.
Productivity: The amount of output produced relative to the resources used. Remote work debates often turn on how location affects employee output.
Asynchronous communication: Communication in which participants send and receive messages at different times. It lets distributed colleagues collaborate without sharing working hours.
Hybrid work: A work arrangement combining time at an employer’s workplace with work from another location. It mixes remote days with onsite attendance rather than working remotely all the time.
Occupational isolation: A sense of disconnection from colleagues, workplace information, or professional support. Less face-to-face contact can leave remote employees feeling isolated.
Flexible work: Work arrangements that allow variation in schedule, location, or other conditions. Remote work is one dimension of flexibility, but flexible work can also change hours without changing location.
Proximity bias: The tendency to favor people who are physically nearby, especially in workplace decisions. Remote employees may receive less visibility or recognition than onsite colleagues.

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